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LibriVox recording of The Book of Wonder, by Lord Dunsany (Edward J. M. D. Plunkett). Read by Greg Elmensdorp.
"Come with me, ladies and gentlemen who are in any wise weary of London: come with me: and those that tire at all of the world we know: for we have new worlds here." - Lord Dunsany, the preface to "The Book of Wonder"
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This audio is part of the collection: The LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection
It also belongs to collections: Audio Books & Poetry; Community Audio
Artist/Composer: Lord Dunsany (Edward J. M. D. Plunkett)
Date: 2007-06-24
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobooks; dunsany; fantasy
Creative Commons license: Public Domain
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| Audio Files | 128Kbps MP3 | Ogg Vorbis | 64Kbps MP3 |
| 01 - Preface & The Bride of the Man-Horse |
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5.5 MB
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| 02 - Distressing Tale of Thangobrind The Jeweller |
8.8 MB
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6.7 MB
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4.4 MB
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| 03 - The House of the Sphinx |
6.2 MB
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4.7 MB
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3.1 MB
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| 04 - Probable Adventure of the Three Literary Men |
9.0 MB
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6.9 MB
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4.5 MB
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| 05 - The Injudicious Prayers of Pombo the Idolater |
8.4 MB
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6.4 MB
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4.2 MB
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| 06 - The Loot of Bombasharna |
9.9 MB
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7.6 MB
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5.0 MB
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| 07 - Miss Cubbidge and the Dragon Of Romance |
7.0 MB
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5.3 MB
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3.5 MB
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| 08 - The Quest of the Queen's Tears |
11.9 MB
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9.0 MB
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6.0 MB
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| 09 - The Hoard of the Gibbelins |
9.6 MB
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7.3 MB
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4.8 MB
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| 10 - How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon the Gnoles |
11.0 MB
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8.4 MB
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5.5 MB
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| 11 - How One Came, As Was Foretold, to the City Of Never |
11.0 MB
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| 12 - The Coronation of Mr. Thomas Shap |
10.7 MB
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8.2 MB
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| 13 - Chu-Bu and Sheemish |
9.8 MB
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7.4 MB
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| 14 - The Wonderful Window -- and Epilogue |
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Reviewer:
Timothy Ferguson -
Subject:
A good book
You need to be patient with this one: it's like Lovecraft in that the author has never met an adjective he can't fit in somewhere. The stories are good, but deliberately don't have satisfactory narrative forms, which makes them more like the abrupt folktales sometimes found in oral collections.
The read is lingering and monotonous. During the first story I wanted the reader to do more with his voice, but from the second onward, it had an odd effect on me, like a person chanting a story they had spoken thousands of times before, which added fidelity to these stories of unknown gods, so I grew to really like it, as one of those choices I did not know I'd enjoy until I tried.
Reviewer:
booksarecool -
Subject:
Somewhat agree with "thecrwth"
While I didn't notice the 'popping mouth malady' that "thecrwth" mentioned, it was read with a dry delivery that did not linger enough on Dunsany's great words. Dunsany, and especially this book, deserve a reader, an actor, of high merit; not a well intentioned amateur. Still, I will not let my disappointment that the 'Book of Wonder' was not done all justice, lead me to insult a reader who obviously loves Dunsany as much as I do. In a world in which Dunsany is an obscure little known author, it seems overly cruel to castigate someone for trying to spread 'wonder' to others.
Reviewer:
thecrwth -
Subject:
Bad reading, great stories
If you don't mind a droning emotionless voice reading great fantasy stories, then this is for you! As an added bonus, it sounds like the reader was chewing gum, or had some annoying popping mouth malady that made me want to pierce my eardrums.